Flatpicking
Guitar Lesson Number One (continued)
Right
Hand Exercises
Exercise
3:
Exercise
3 combines picking and strumming. The picking here is a down
stroke followed by an up stroke on both the single string picking
and the strumming. This picking is called alternating picking
and is typical for eighth notes. The mechanics are different
than the rest stroke. I call this the "swing stroke"
because the pick swings up and over the string below on the
downstroke so that the downstroke can be followed by an upstroke.
Whereas the rest stroke presses downward, this swing stroke
swings upwards slightly. In order to learn how to flatpick both
the rest stroke and swing stroke should be practiced.
